Pixérécourt and the French Romantic Drama / / Alexander Lacey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Lacey, Alexander,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1928
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (90 p.)

The purpose of this work is to establish the relationship between the Romantic drama in France of the period 1829-1843 (circa) and the melodrama or "popular tragedy" which flourished in the second-class theatres during the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Since the essence of the melodrama of that period is found in the works of Guilbert de Pixerecourt (a fact which no student of French literature will deny) it has been thought sufficient to concentrate attention on these works and their connection with the Romantic drama, rather than to treat all or a large number of the many authors of melodrama who helped to flood the popular stage at that time.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MELODRAMA OF PIXERECOURT -- CHAPTER II. MELODRAMA AND ROMANTIC DRAMA-HISTORICAL POINTS OF CONTACT -- CHAPTER III. MELODRAMA AND ROMANTIC DRAMA-HISTORICAL POINTS OF CONTACT -- CHAPTER IV. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROMANTIC DRAMA AND MELODRAMA IN RESPECT OF THE TRAGIC ELEMENT -- CHAPTER V. PATHETIC, SENTIMENTAL AND SENSATIONAL ELEMENTS IN ROMANTIC DRAMA, CONSIDERED IN THEIR RELATION TO THE MELODRAMA -- CHAPTER VI. MELODRAMA AND THE STOCK CHARACTERS OF ROMANTIC DRAMA -- CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION-A SUMMING-UP OF THE ARGUMENT OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, WITH INFERENCES DRAWN THEREFROM -- BIBLIOGRAPHY